Seth Ellis: Solo Show in Newark, NJ

A&D Assistant Professor Seth Ellis will show several recent bodies of work in a solo show called Estimated Distance, at Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ. Estimated Distance is a exhibition of recent work exploring the relationship between narrative, space, and text. Installations and objects tease out the stories inherent in maps, horoscopes, personal narration, sound effects, and non vocal exclamations. How do written stories alter with physical experience? How does the medium generate and shape the stories that get told? The stories are fragmented narratives of urban history, and personal stories of confusion, loss, and potential happiness; the objects that tell them are sometimes oblique, sometimes direct. The exhibition as a whole is in part a transformation of the gallery into a playful narrative space, and in part an exploration of the difficulties and promise of real communication between each other. The exhibition will be open from October 5 until December 15, 2012. Opening reception is Oct. 5, 7 – 10 PM at Gallery Aferro, 73 Market Street, Newark, NJ.